It is SO hard for me to believe that my baby girl is turning THREE on the 27th of May!! It seems like just yesterday that we received the call that we had waited so long to hear: “We have a referral for your family and its a beautiful 6 week old baby girl!“. As long as I live I will never forget the warm rush of emotion I felt the first time I saw her face. Those big brown eyes and those gorgeous lips – she was sheer perfection and it was as if I had known this teeny tiny little baby, living half the world away, my whole life.
Today I look at that same sweet face in complete disbelief. HOW were we so lucky to have fate bring us such an amazing daughter who is just the most perfect fit for our family? I can say with 100% honesty that there is not a single day that passes that I am not grateful for her being in our lives. She is more than just my daughter. She has taught me patience, empathy, kindness, selflessness, humor and how to be the best person that I can possibly be in all aspects of my life. All things that I did not know to the same depth or level that I know them now. The joy that she brings to our lives is more than we could have ever imagined and I am forever grateful to the wonderful, strong woman who has allowed us the privilege of parenting her baby girl.
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Both of my children are SO difficult to photograph. You’d think that because they have a photographer as a Mom they would be used to it, but its the exact opposite! Its HARD work to get my kiddos to cooperate when I have a camera in my hand so believe me when I tell you – I REALLY worked for these! LOL! I have tried to do my best to capture each of my children’s age milestones (and other memorable times) with at least a photo or two. I was one of those kids growing up that never had a lot of pictures of myself or my family (growing up I’m not sure we EVER had a family portrait come to think of it!) and I really don’t want it to be the same for my kids. Capturing these small moments and milestones now many not seem like much now, but I know first hand how valuable those will be to my children for years to come.
Okay, without further blabbering on…here’s my girl!!
I’m pretty sure that I will be having this last one printed on a B-I-G canvas for our living room!!!!
15 comments so far!
I can’t get over how big she is!!!! She is beautiful!
happy birthday beautiful beautiful girl!! I <3 the 2nd shot too
love them all danielle! zia is gorgeous!
She is absolutely precious!
a daughter after my own heart. so beautiful danielle, evokes wonderful warm and familiar feelings. my haragwan was 3 when we met, and looked something like this!! adorable. sk
Danielle, she is so beautiful!! OMG she’s grown since the last pics I’ve seen of her.
So sweet. I love the smile in the last one. What a beautiful girl!
She’s gorgeous, and I really love all of these photos!
What a DOLL! I love that last picture of her, it’ll look great on a large canvas! Great pictures Danielle
Beautiful, beautiful girl. I can’t believe how big she’s getting! Happy third birthday to your precious daughter!
Beautiful pictures of a beautiful little girl. As I looked at each one I would think oh, that’s my favorite but then the next one down would be just as good or better! I love all her expressions.
S-T-U-N-N-I-N-G .. OMG she is gorgeous!!!!
We need to get together REAL soon
Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful! The baby is gone and a gorgeous little girl is alive. You can see the love and sparkle in her eyes and you deserve so much credit for helping her become who she is!
Is she ever gorgeous!!! Great photos!
what a beautiful tribute to your daughter but to her birth mother as well.
I love them all, of course. My personal favourites are the pair of her (side by side) on the bridge and then the 5th one down. Love that! Only 2 more sleeps.